Mirror, Mirror

It isn’t going to happen to Dave Fleming. No way. He isn’t going to end up growing old. He has this aging thing beat. He works out, eats healthy, takes all the right supplements. As a result, he’s a handsome man, with a killer body, and it’s going to stay that way. But it doesn’t work. Though he’s done his best to swim upstream, Dave is swept steadily along to senior citizenship along with everyone else. In the process, he passed up chances for love. Now here he is, in his twilight years and alone, sharing his life with his faithful Labrador. One night as Dave stands before his bathroom mirror getting ready for bed, he bemoans the fact that he was so absorbed in the physical that he’d let love pass him by. He stares at his reflection in the mirror and wishes he could go back, be young again, and experience it all once more, even for just a short time. Maybe he’d even find love. If Dave gets his chance, will he take advantage of it and make his wish come true?

Terry O'Reilly

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Chapter 10

Nick’s Yorkie, Puddin’, came trotting down the hall. Today he was dressed in a pair of jogging shorts and a tank tee. When he saw Dave, he stopped dead in his tracks and started to yap furiously.

“Puddin’!” Nick admonished the little dog. “You know Dave. What’s wrong with you?”

Puddin’ stopped barking. Dave squatted down and held out a hand. Cautiously the little dog came toward him, ears pricked up, tail between his legs. Finally close enough to stretch out and sniff Dave’s outstretched hand, Puddin’ apparently recognized him. His ears relaxed, and his little tail wagged in an enthusiastic greeting. Dave petted the dog.

“Wonder what that was all about? He’s only known you since he was a pup, and he’s fifteen now,” Nick said as he turned and continued down the hall.

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